Detroit Bully Corps will host a series of anti-dog fighting rallies throughout the month of July. Rallies are scheduled from 2 p.m.-midnight July 4 at Comet Bar, 126 Henry; noon-5 p.m. July 13 at Brightmoor Community Center, 14451 Burt Road; noon-5 p.m. July 20 at a youth rally at People’s Community Services, 420 S. Leigh; and noon-5 p.m. July 27 at Balduck Memorial Park, 18101 Chandler Park Drive.

There is no entrance fee, but participants are encouraged to donate dog food, food bowls, water buckets, leashes, collars, shampoo, and flea/tick preventative to be used for a community outreach program. The rallies are open to all ages and to well-mannered canines. Food and refreshments will be provided.

Detroit Bully Corps is a no-kill dog rescue organization that rehabilitates canines from any and every background with the American Pit Bull Terrier comprising 90 percent of the canine population in their Ann Arbor facility.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has immediately suspended the Michigan license to practice as a registered nurse of Johnnie M. Carter, R.N., of Oak Park, based on her convictions in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.

On Aug. 23, 2011, Carter was convicted of two felony counts of false statement to obtain federal employee’s compensation. Carter was sentenced to one day imprisonment (with time served), three years of supervised release with terms, and ordered to pay an assessment and restitution in the amount of $220,939.27.

On June 17, 2013, LARA issued an order summarily suspending Carter’s license pursuant to the Public Health Code which provides for the mandatory summary suspension of a health professional’s license upon the conviction of a felony, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for a maximum term of two years, or a controlled substance-related conviction.

OAKLAND COUNTYCounty Fair opens Thursday

The Oakland County Fair, at Springfield Oaks County Park in Davisburg, offers 11 days of fun from July 4-14.

Free events featured daily include a circus, petting zoo, motorcycle show, sensory wall, horse shows and antique tractor display. Other attractions include a midway with carnival rides, free country music concert, and exhibits ranging from aerospace to woodworking. Visitors can stroll through many barns to see horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, rabbits and more. Newborn animals in the Miracle of Birth Barn are a visitor favorite. Food concessions and a picnic pavilion are also available.

Fair parking is $10 per car or $5 per person/walk-in visitors. A grandstand event pass, at $20 per person, includes admission to all of the nightly grandstand events. Individual grandstand event tickets are $10, $5 for ages 6-14; or free for children 5-under. Tickets and armbands for carnival rides are available at an additional cost.

Detroit Zoo visitors can spend more time with the red, white and blue — red pandas, white rhinos and blue poison dart frogs (as well as thousands of other animals) – thanks to extended hours for the Independence Day weekend. The Zoo opens at 9 a.m. daily and will remain open until 8 p.m. on July 3-6.

Holiday visitors can take advantage of the extra hours to check out some of the Detroit Zoo’s recent arrivals: Daphne and Violet, warthog piglets born in April; a female southern pudu – the smallest species of deer – born in May; and a macaroni penguin chick hatched in May.

Guests will also have more time over the long holiday weekend to experience the Wild Adventure Zone. The 4-D Theater is now showing “Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”, a 14-minute adventure featuring the sub-zero heroes from the film of the same name. “Ice Age” is alternating with “Great Escapes: Life in 4-D”. The Simulator Ride is featuring “Happy Feet: Mumble’s Wild Ride,” an action-packed escapade with Mumble and his penguin friends. Tickets for each experience are $5 with Detroit Zoo admission.

The Zoo’s Wild Summer Nights concert series kicks offs with a performance by The Sun Messengers on July 3. Concerts take place in the Main Picnic Grove from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and are free with Zoo admission.

Building with LegosStudents ages 10-14 are invited to join The Robot Garage and learn how to build and program Lego models featuring working motors and sensors at 2 p.m. Friday at the Royal Oak Public Library, 222 E. 11 Mile Road.

This hands-on session is sure to spark the imagination. Registration is limited to 25.

To sign up for this free program, visit www.ropl.org or call the Youth Reference Desk at 248-246-3725.

Dirt Doctors youth programAt 1 p.m. on Monday, July 8, children ages 7-12 can use squirt guns, dirt, and mud to find out more about soil erosion and water quality in a program presented by the Oakland County Water Resources Commission’s Environmental Team at the Royal Oak Public Library, 222 E. 11 Mile Road.

Registration is limited to 25. Visit ropl.org or call the Youth Reference Desk at 248-246-3725 to sign up for this free program.

Flute and tuba music programAt 7 p.m. Monday, July 8, everyone is invited to enjoy great stories in music with Double Play, the world’s only professional flute and tuba duo. Amy Ridings and Patrick Sciannella perform and inform in this entertaining program.

Registration is limited to 100. Visit ropl.org or call the Youth Reference Desk at 248-246-3725 to sign up for this free program.